West Chester University Poetry Conference - Keynote Speakers

Keynote Speakers

  • 1995 — Richard Wilbur
  • 1996 — Donald Justice
  • 1997 — Anthony Hecht
  • 1998 — Wendy Cope
  • 1999 — X. J. Kennedy
  • 2000 — Louis Simpson
  • 2001 — Marilyn Nelson
  • 2002 — Nina Cassian
  • 2003 — William Jay Smith
  • 2004 — Dana Gioia
  • 2005 — Anne Stevenson
  • 2006 — James Fenton
  • 2007 — Kay Ryan
  • 2008 — Richard Wilbur
  • 2009 — Donald Hall
  • 2010 — Rhina Espaillat
  • 2011 — Robert Pinsky

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